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Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

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MATTHEl/V F. CONN ETT, JR, AND ADDISON H. WHITE, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS OF PART TO CHARLES E. ROIVOLIFFE AND WVILLARD D.

CLARK, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,386,'dated January 4-, 1887.

Application filed July 16, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MATTHEW F. CON- NETT, J r., and ADDISON H. WHITE, of Peoria, in the county of Peoria, State of Illinois,

5 have invented an Improved OuffHolder; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to cuff-holders, the object of the invention being to provide improved means for securing the cuff in place, so that any desired length thereof may be dis: played.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings connected with this application, Figure l is a perspective view of one of our cuff-holders secured to a coat-sleeve.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cuff-holder by-itself and on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same at X X in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of thestud; Fig. 5, view of a modified form of the stud.

. The holder A, having a longitudinal groove therein, is provided with the spring B, for retaining the head 0'' of the stud Gin said groove, the edges of said groove approaching each other so that said head 0 shall come between the same and said spring and be removably held thereby.

The holder A we prefer to construct from thin sheet metal, pressing or otherwise-forming the same into the desired shape, and se- 3 5 cure the same to the interior of a coat-sleeve by means of the small holes A, through which to stitchlthe holder to the sleeve.

' The edges of one or both of the rims A A are bent toward the bottom of the holder and 40 roughened or serrated, as shown, and an upwardly-convex spring, 13, is inserted between said rims A A and the bottom of the holder, said bottom being depressed, with vertical ends, to receive said spring and prevent its withdrawal.

l The under head, C,',of the stud G is made sufficiently small to pass easily between the vertical sides of the holder-A, and the upper face of said head is either roughened, as shown Serial No. 208,173. (No model.)

in Fig. 5, or furnished with a vertical flange, 5'0

portion of the spring B, and while pressed sufficiently to depress the spring the stud is moved along until its head 0 reaches the desired position in the holder beneath the rims A A The stud being then released from pressure, the spring B impresses the rough- 6o ened or flanged face of the head 0' into engagement with the serrated rim A and thereby retains the stud in place. The cuff having been previously connected with the stud, it is hence secured to the coat-sleeve. Since the stud can be held at any part of the holder, considerable variation in the position of the cuff relative to the sleeve can be easily made,

all that is necessary to do in performing the desired adjustment being simply to press together the stud and holder, and slide the former along to the desired point.

- In Fig. 1, S represents in dotted lines the coat-sleeve to which the cuff-holder A is fastened. WVe do not, however, restrict ourselves to securing our holder to the coat-sleeve, as the same is almost equally serviceable when connected to the shirt-sleeve.

WVhile roughened rims A 'can be formed on both sides of the groove of the holder, we pre- 8c fer that one shall be smooth, as shown in the drawings, so that by inclining the stud away from the smooth rim A said rim becomes a fulcrum to aid the head G of the stud in being released from theserrated rim, and in said inclined position to permit the stud to be moved along upon the spring B to a new point of adjustment.

Instead of bending down and roughening the edge of the rim A of the holder, the under 9 side of said rim can be corrugated or roughened for the engagement therewith of the stud head 0. v

Although the sides and rims of the groove in the holder A are approximately rectangular they form, in effect, a dovetail groove, in the true form of which said groove might be made, shaping the stud-head accordingly, and

2 asaaae we shall, therefore, in the claims refer to said groove as a dovetail-groove. Instead of the holes A, aform of safety-pin can be connected with the holder A, for securing the same to a sleeve.

What we claim as our invention, and for which we desire Letters Patent, is as follows, to Wit:

1. The combination, with the stud O, having the roughened head 6, ofthe holder A, having the groove provided with the serrated downwardly-bent edge A, and the leaf-spring B, adapted to press said head into engagement with said serrations, the said holder being formed with the depression A, for receiving the ends of said spring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the stud O, having a head constructed substantially as described, of the holder A, having the groove provided with one smooth edge and one serrated, as set forth, and the leaf -spring B, adapted to press said head into engagement with said serrations, said holder being formed with the depression A, for receiving the ends of said spring, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim theforegoing invention we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 10th day of July, in the year 1886.

MATTHEW r. comma, JR. [1,. s.] ADDISON II. WHITE. [L. S.] Witnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, A. KEITHLEY. I 

